Improvement in making vinegar



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No.156,6l7. I Patented' Nov. 3,1874.

`\/\/|TNE55E5 l INVENTQFL XWLM y UNITED DAVID WIMPFHEIMER,

OF NEW YORK, NJY.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIAKlNG VINEGAR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,617, dated November 3, 1874 application filed october 10, 1874. l

To all whom it mayfooncem:

Beit known thatI, DAVID WIMPFHEIMER, of

. the city of New York, in the county ot' New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mak ing Vinegar 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, which form part of this specification. l

lVIy invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus for making vinegar' 5 and it cousists of a series of tubs or vessels, one placed vseries of tubs or vessels, in which is placed the mash, consisting of fermented beer, Wine, cider, whisky, or other alcoholic substances. From the bottom of this tub hangs a pipe, b, in the top of which is placed a suitable strain er, c, to prevent solid matter from passing down into the tub d just below. From the bottom oi' this tub a also rises another tube, e, which reaches almost to the top ot' the tub, and through which all the surplusage of the iiuid pours in case'the tub should be overilled. Just under the tub d are the two tubs gh, one fitting into the top of the other, in each of which is placed a tube, t', having its top covered by a suitable strainer. These tubes extend from-up near the tops of the tubs in which they are placed, down near the bottom of the tub just below, their tops being intended to reach up above the non-conducting material with which the tubs are to be nearly filled, so as to carry oft' the fluid to the tub below as rapidly as it rises to the top of the tub through the non-conducting material. This non-conductin g material may consist of charcoal, shavings, cork parings, &c., and serves to turn the liquid into Vinegar. The lower one, h, of the series of the tubs receives the vinegar after it has passed the non-conductors, and is provided with a suitable cock, Z, some distance above the bottom, through which the contentsare drawn off. Near the tops of the two tubs h g are placed small glass gages l 2,

which serve both to admit air into the tubs and to show the condition of the liquid within them.

- There may be either a larger or a smaller number of these tubs, as desired, and they may be constructed as here shown, or in any other way that may be preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination of the vessels a d g h, overow-tube e, connecting-tubes b i', provided with suitable strainers and having their ends extending down to the bottom of the filtering material, tube fi, test-tubes 1 2, and cock l, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of October, 1874.

DAVID WIMPFHEIMER.

Witnesses EDWARD SELLECK, BRENT BARINN. 

